He's 51 in a week. Never lifted weights before but hes always been pretty athletic. Its nice to be able to lift with him, for sure.
Oddly enough he went to UW for his masters... After graduating from WSU!
dunno if i can coax him to the forum, though....

Most of the "older" guys on the forum have been lifting for many years. I'm 56 and have been lifting seriously for a little over 2 years. The fact that he's been athletic (I haven't been particularly) should serve him well.

Yeah, the UW/WSU thing probably creates all sorts of psychological problems! Actually, he's probably a true Cougar--grad school doesn't create the kind of loyalty that college does.

I personally find I get more total volume (total reps in this case) if I go easier on sets 1 and 2 and max out set three. So with your numbers I'd do 6/6/7+. But YMMV. I mean, I get good results doing max/max/max sometimes as well.

I actually do save a couple reps on the first set - I think i could do nine, maybe ten. For some reason, I just like to get the higher reps out of the way on the first set, probably so I don't have to do anything earth-shattering on the last set

He's doing well. He was really struggling with deadlifts but we made some changes and his progress has been much better - he got 225 today. Everything else is moving up, too. His latest chinup numbers are 12/10/8 t . He's enjoying it and I think his body feels pretty good for the most part. I'm trying to get him to eat some more, though, since he's only 5'8 150ish, even after gaining 10 pounds since the start.

Have fun with your son. Is he in college? I'll miss lifting with my dad when I go off to college next year.

Whitman's a good school. Close friends of mine went there. They used to play NNU in sports, but I don't know if they are still in the same conference. Good luck! Walla walla will be very different than Seattle!

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